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A144291
Triangular numbers n*(n-1)/2 with n and n -1 nonprime.
5
0, 36, 45, 105, 120, 210, 231, 300, 325, 351, 378, 528, 561, 595, 630, 741, 780, 990, 1035, 1176, 1225, 1275, 1326, 1485, 1540, 1596, 1653, 1953, 2016, 2080, 2145, 2346, 2415, 2775, 2850, 2926, 3003, 3240, 3321, 3570, 3655, 3741, 3828, 4095, 4186, 4278
OFFSET
1,2
LINKS
FORMULA
a(n) = A000217(A068780(n-1)), n>1. - R. J. Mathar, Dec 10 2008
EXAMPLE
If n=1, then 1*(1-1)/2=0=a(1).
If n=9, then 9*(9-1)/2=36=a(2).
etc.
MAPLE
p:= -1: Res:= NULL: count:= 0:
while count < 100 do
q:= p; p:= nextprime(p);
if p - q > 2 then
count:= count + p-q-2;
Res:= Res, seq(k*(k+1)/2, k=q+1..p-2);
fi
od:
Res; # Robert Israel, Jul 03 2018
MATHEMATICA
Reap[For[n = 1, n <= 100, n++, If[!PrimeQ[n] && !PrimeQ[n-1], Sow[n(n-1)/2] ] ] ][[2, 1]] (* Jean-François Alcover, Mar 27 2019 *)
CROSSREFS
KEYWORD
nonn
AUTHOR
EXTENSIONS
3570 inserted by R. J. Mathar, Dec 10 2008
STATUS
approved